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Discussion prompts - You must address all of the following.
You must respond to Prompt 1; choose either A or B.
In addition, you must respond to Prompt 2, OR 3. I recommend labeling your initial post with the prompts, so it is clear to which prompts you have responded.
Required response from Prompt 1: Choose A or B
1. A recent concern involving technology is the recent Facebook data privacy controversy where it was revealed that Facebook was collecting information about its user's activity on Facebook, as well as other sites. It's reported that Facebook was in the process of collecting anonymized data from major U.S. hospitals, in order to match the data with that of social media users' data when the project had to be canceled (Facebook sent a doctor on a secret mission to ask hospitals to share patient data o ) . The purpose of this was to seek special care or treatments that certain patients might need. Do you think this was an appropriate strategy to help improve people's health? What potential issues, if any, do you think would arise if the project had not been stopped?
2. Read this article on Huffington Post: Social Media and Saving the Environment. Do you agree that social media use is an effective tool to raise awareness about environmental issues? Do you think social media is an effective tool for actual change in the way that we are treating our environment? What is a potential downside to using these platforms to discuss environmental issues?
Prompt 2 - There are many concerns discussed in your book related about the damage being done to the environment (air pollution; climate change, etc).
- Do you think that technological advances have done a good job of addressing these issues?
- What may be a potential disadvantage to relying on technology to solve these issues?
- Discuss how the threats to the environment have changed over time, as mentioned in the Volti text.
- Do you think any of these threats were caused or exacerbated by technology?
Discussion Requirements:
During each assigned week, you must submit at least 3 total posts (1 initial post and 2 peer responses to other students).
Be sure to use various course materials in each of your posts (for instance, at least three course concepts should be discussed in your initial post for a distinguished score). However, do not use straight quotes from the text! Paraphrase and reference the text/article that you use to show that you understand and apply the materials.